I think it's cool to play characters who are very joke-y and yet you can show a total serious, very somber side… — James Phelps Copy Share Image
You don't really have a story until you discover the moment when the pressures on a character force a sudden, abrupt shift… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in… — Roger Babson Copy Share Image
I always tell young, up and coming professional wrestlers, when you're trying to play a character that's not really you, it's going… — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
The great pleasure that comes from reading poets such as Mark Doty and Marianne Moore is the realisation that the essential virtues… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
He's 19 years of age, ... He's a fiery character and competitive. I think maybe when he sees things that are a… — Fergie Copy Share Image
Emotional release by itself, no matter how "real," "honest," etc. the emotion may be, is never enough to create a character...such release… — Richard Hornby Copy Share Image
What HAPPINESS Means... To A Poor Barefoot Person, Happiness Is A Pair Of Shoes. To a Person With An Old Shoe, It's… — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
“Tell me what a person finds sexually attractive and I will tell you their entire philosophy of life. Show me the person… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
lf the attribute of popular government in peace is virtue, the attribute of popular government in revolution is at one and the… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
It's very, very important to me, no matter who the person is, to play that person with the utmost degree of truth… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder the year I turned 50, it was certainly a shock. But as a journalist, knowing… — Jane Pauley Copy Share Image
There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
I think on 'ER,' my other long-running show, I had some ideas about what's going on. 'Stargate Universe,' they were kind of… — Ming-Na Wen Copy Share Image
There is really no fiction or non-fiction; there is only narrative. One mode of perception has no greater claim on the truth… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life.… — Frank Vincent Copy Share Image
We need to learn the names of God because when we know His character and His capacity, we will find rest and… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the… — Akhenaton Copy Share Image
You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Most men I know adore women, and I am including gay men. I think studies on jury selection show that the biggest… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
I feel this way about a lot of movies, that the characters are idealized versions of people. For better or worse, I… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have to get to the heart of a character through your heart. Your own heart. And it's what makes us… — Hilary Swank Copy Share Image
The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully… — Victor Garber Copy Share Image
I couldn't say no when I received that offer [to re-invent the DC characters]... How can any writer say no to the… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to… — Corin Nemec Copy Share Image
Character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It is something living and changing, and may… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor… — Elie Ducommun Copy Share Image
As life goes on it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, I thought I would go into comedy and there would be a mentor, like the Philip Seymour… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
The characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and… — Aaron Ehasz Copy Share Image
I like stories that exist both in the naturalistic world and in our imaginative lives, films are so immersive in that sense,… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
As an actor, I think it's always important to separate yourself from your characters because, when you include yourself in a character,… — Ashley Rickards Copy Share Image
I began wondering, can one really write a biography of an illness? But I found myself thinking of cancer as this character… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
I think a villain who starts his morning looking in the mirror, wringing his hands, and going, 'How can I be evil… — Michael McKean Copy Share Image
That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters… — Rebecca Romijn Copy Share Image
The heart and soul of network programming is series programming, the weekly repetition of characters you like having in your house. — Dick Wolf Copy Share Image
I have always played the cheerful girl next door, especially on the Internet, and this film is a break from that. My… — Mithila Palkar Copy Share Image
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